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“Put your personality into the call”: A qualitative interview study illuminating strategies for improving men’s engagement on crisis helplines
BackgroundCrisis telephone helplines are an integral part of community suicide prevention. Despite high male suicide rates, men’s experiences of...
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Men’s attitude towards wife-beating: understanding the pattern and trend in India
BackgroundIntimate partner violence (IPV) is a severe human rights violation and a global burden on public health. Wife-beating is a form of IPV and...
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Drivers of men’s use of intimate partner violence in conflict-affected settings: learnings from the Democratic Republic of Congo
BackgroundIntimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is prevalent in conflict-affected settings. Yet, there is limited knowledge about the risk...
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A Ten Year Experience of Men’s Health Events in a Socioeconomically Diverse City in the United States – Lessons Learned
Community-based health events provide an opportunity to increase knowledge, awareness, and screening for acute and chronic diseases among individuals...
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Characteristics of men who use direct-to-consumer men’s health telemedicine services
The characteristics of men who use direct-to-consumer (DTC) men’s health services are not well understood. We conducted an online survey of adult men...
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“Violence is Just an Expression of Love and Spontaneity”: Young Men’s Processes of Resistance to Change After a Dating Violence Prevention Program in Turkey
PurposeResearch on gender-based violence prevention programs documents evidence of resistance to committing to non-violence and equality,...
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Racial Differences in Suicidal Behaviors and Post-Suicide Attempt Treatment: a Latent Class Analysis of Incarcerated Men’s Experiences
Community-based research has found racial differences in suicide attempts for Black and White men and in how men are treated after a suicide attempt;...
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“Men can take part”: examining men’s role in supporting self-injectable contraception in southern Malawi, a qualitative exploration
BackgroundThe male engagement framework for reproductive health, which presents men as family planning users, supportive partners, and agents of...
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(Mis)measuring men’s involvement in global health: the case of expectant fathers in Dakar, Senegal
BackgroundIn 2018, USAID published a report based on Demographic and Health Surveys data on the relationship between men’s involvement and women and...
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Men’s conceptualization of gender-based violence directed to women in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, South Africa
BackgroundGender-based violence (GBV) is a crucial global public health challenge disenfranchising women and girls from enjoying their fundamental...
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Differentiating the role of alcohol in young men’s use of substances with sex: A qualitative study
BackgroundAlcohol consumption is common among young men and occurs in many contexts. The sexualized substance use literature has generated some...
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Married men’s sexual and reproductive health concerns and related health-seeking behavior in Bangladesh: A mixed methods study
BackgroundIn Bangladesh, men’s sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs and related services are often neglected. Little is known of men’s SRH...
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Black heterosexual men’s resilience in times of HIV adversity: findings from the “weSpeak” study
BackgroundIn Canada, heterosexual African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) men tend to suffer a disproportionate burden of HIV. Consequently, studies have...
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Female genital mutilation: Nigerian Igbo men’s low acceptance of the practice
AbstractFemale genital mutilation (FGM) involves the cutting of the external female genital organs for non-medical purposes. It is a widespread...
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Are sex disparities in COVID-19 a predictable outcome of failing men’s health provision?
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, has taken a catastrophic toll on society, health-care systems and the economy. Notably,...
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Co-creation of HIVST delivery approaches for improving urban men’s engagement with HIV services in eThekwini District, KwaZulu-Natal: nominal group technique in intervention development
BackgroundHIV self-testing (HIVST) is one of the recommended approaches for HIV testing services, particularly for hel** reach populations who...
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Social–contextual factors interact with masculinity to influence college men’s HPV vaccination intentions: The role of descriptive norms, prototypes, and physician gender
Men’s low HPV vaccination uptake and HPV-related disease incidence are public health issues; gendered social–contextual factors likely play a role....
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Exploring men’s use of mental health support offered by an Australian Employee Assistance Program (EAP): perspectives from a focus-group study with males working in blue- and white-collar industries
BackgroundMen continue to be overrepresented in the Australian suicide statistics despite wide scale public health initiatives to improve men’s...
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Men’s sheds as an alternative healthcare route? A qualitative study of the impact of Men’s sheds on user’s health improvement behaviours
BackgroundMen’s health is a globally underrepresented area of research and policy. With men facing numerous healthcare barriers, there are calls for...
